Reed v. Slakan

imposing liability upon supervisors where violation was a “natural and foreseeable consequence of the supervisors’ indifference” | prison administrators had firmly established duty to ensure that weapons were not misused against inmates | although convicted prisoner's misconduct merited some disciplinary response, means used were so disproportionate under the circumstances as to violate the prisoner's eighth amendment rights | although convicted prisoner’s misconduct merited some disciplinary response, means used were so disproportionate under the circumstances as to violate the prisoner’s eighth amendment rights